An other year has gone by and what a year! Full of surprises, new experiences and big changes.

In February I went to see the nordic ski world championships in Lahti (told my school I was “training”, which sums up pretty well my high school years), in April I took one thing off my bucket list: a road trip in California, in May I started training with the team again and broke my wrist, in June I graduated from high school, in August I spent two really great weeks in the rain in Lapland, in September I started uni and was able to do the first intensive trainings in a year and a half and since the end of October I’ve have been able to train on snow and normally again!

So yeah, it’s been an incredibely busy year and the overtraining allowed me to have a lot of time to think about myself, my motivations, my struggles, so it taught me a few things:
1. You don’t have to apologise for who you are. We are all different and we should be celebrating that.
2. Life is too short to surround yourself with people that really don’t understand you and that’s not your loss.
3. Things doesn’t always go as planned. Accept it, move on and follow your plan B.

As for 2018, I’m very excited to see what it brings. I’m not a fan of new year’s resolutions, they put a lot of unnecessary pressure, and I’m already stressing enough with the upcoming races and exams. But this year my resolution is to do more things that make me happy (basically training, taking photos, reading, drinking tea and travelling), because after all, I’m am the only person in charge of my own happiness.

I really want to thank everyone who has supported, encouraged, believed in me during this year, you are just the best and things wouldn’t be as good as they are now without you. Thanks!